Convertible settee and bed



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J. H. EVANS. CONVERTIBLE SBTTEE AND BED.

No. 591,095. Patented Oct. 5,1897,

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JOHN H. EVANS, OF CLEVELAND, OI-IIO.

CONVERTIBLE SETTEE AND BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,095, dated October 5, 1897. Application filed June 10, 1897- Serial No. 640,271- (No model.)

To all whom it may conoern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. EVANS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and Stateof Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Convertible Settee and Bed, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to beds and settees, and has for its object to provide a convenient easily and readily convertible article of furniture comprising the elements, in combination, substantially as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a settee embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the same transformed into a two-story bed. Fig. 3 is a crosssection of the same. Fig. 4 is a detached view of an adjustable support and brace for holding the upper bed.

A A represent the ends of the settee-frame joined by a front F and a back B and abottom 0, forming a suitable box for holding bedding or other articles. A drawer may be arranged to pull out from the front, if desired.

D is a reversible seat for the settee, which consists of a frame adapted for making a bed in one of its sides. In the back corners of said frame are provided pins 19, which are fitted to slide in horizontal grooves g in the ends A A, by means of which the seat may be drawn out forward and turned over to assume the position shown in Fig. 2.

E is the back of the settee, which is also reversible like the seat, and consists of a frame adaptedfor making a bed. In the lower corners of this frame are also provided pins g, which are fitted to slide in vertical grooves h in the ends of the frame A A, which support the back. In the top of the said grooves h are formed recesses k, on which the said pins q rest when the said back is raised and turned down and made to assume the posit-ion shown in Fig. 2.

L is a brace and support for the upper bed, consisting of telescopic rods the lower ends of which are pivotally attached to the end frames A A and having their upper ends pivotally attached to the ends of the back frame D. These are contracted when the back is down in the position seen in Fig. 1, but when the back is raised and turned into the horizontal position seen in Fig. 2 the rods elongate and assume a perpendicular position.

To retain the rods in the elongated form for supporting the frame D, a latch 16 is provided in the upper member, which catches on the top edge of the lower member and prevents contracting.

Having described my invention, I claim- In a convertible settee and bed, the combination of end frames A A, having the horizontal and vertical grooves g and h, a reversible seat-frame D, having pins 19 sliding in said horizontal grooves g, a reversible back E having the pins q sliding in the grooves h, and an adjustable support L, connecting the ends of the frame E with the end frames A A, constructed and adapted to be transformed from a settee to a double bed, and vice versa, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

. JOHN H.EVANS.

Witnesses:

. Gno. W. TIBBITTS,

W. L. WEST. 

